Supporting farmers to combat the recurring wild elephant menace, the administrators of five grama panchayats led by the Koduvally block panchayat have come together to realise a mega solar power fencing project offering protection to the agriculture land in the worst-affected upland areas. The safety project, aimed at covering nearly 87-km distance, is claimed to be the biggest such undertaking for farmers in Kozhikode.
According to officials, the local bodies will be spending ₹60 lakh in total for completing the first phase of the project. Its benefit will be directly available for the affected farmers in panchayats like Thiruvambady, Kattippara, Puthuppadi, Koodaranhi, and Kodenchery under the Koduvally block, they added.
Both the Agriculture and Forest departments will extend their cooperation and possible financial support for the timely completion of the project. The work that was opened by Koduvally block panchayat president Babu Kalathur last week is now focusing on some of the most vulnerable areas around the Vattachira tribal settlement in Kodenchery panchayat.
